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Defining Thought Leadership in a Business Blog

Ishmael's Corner

As our communication campaigns increasingly address SEO and particularly organic search, thought leadership becomes even more important. In short, thought leadership plays at the industry level, not the company level, ideally offering takes that can’t be found elsewhere. They interpret backlinks as “votes” for the content.

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Trends and Best Practices for Media Relations

PRSay

In the PR strategies toolbox, the practice of media relations gives PR practitioners an opportunity to distinguish themselves while also giving their organizations an edge over the competition. As earned media, stories placed through media relations efforts are cost-effective. Newsletters gain clout.

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Thought Leadership Series: AI-Washing and PR, Part 1 of a Series

Shift Communications

AI is one of the most popular future technologies talked about in the media. It reminds me of 2008 when every company was on board the environmental trend. However, there are lots of others that are talking up AI because they know it’s what investors and the media want to hear about. The challenge is spotting the “AI Washing.”.

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Why Public Relations Is King During A Crisis

Onclusive

The volume of news content being published, as well as the consumption of news media, has spiked. That is why PR is the one function within the marketing organization that is positioned to step up, take a leadership position and have the greatest impact on company reputation during this period. People need more right now.

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Running Corporate Communications and Social Media

wiredPRworks

Does managing social media sometimes feel like running a marathon? Listen in as Allan Schoenberg, Chief Communications Officer at Vinson & Elkins, shares lessons from his job as a top communicator and his passion for running to help you enjoy your job more, stress less, and keep running in the race we call social media marketing.

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Reflexivity Memo on PR practice from craft skills to education. A case of ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’.

PR Conversations

Then, please return to read this Reflexivity Memo inspired by Jim’s answers to the questions that I posed in 2008: Q9. Craft skills in 2008 – such as writing or editing – were an entry point for many, expected by employers, and readily supplied by educational institutions. I’m not convinced this has happened.

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Message in a Bottleneck: How to Reach Your Fragmented Audience

PRSay

What about 2008? million in 2008 and 18.6 That means the credibility boost that comes from third-party media placements remains critically important. You often have to help the media do that. Content marketers and social media managers are experiencing the same fragmentation of audiences. That was just for fun.

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